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H. Lawrence Hoffman (1911–1977)

Author of The Canterbury Tales

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Covers executed by IM-HO in the 1940's, especially those for Pocket Books and Popular Library, are attributed to Sol Immerman and H. Lawrence Hoffman or to Immerman and Robert Holly.  Most of the Holly IM-HO covers were executed for Pocket Books during 1941-1942.

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Associated Works

The Canterbury Tales (1380) — Illustrator, some editions — 22,880 copies, 170 reviews
Rebecca (1938) — Cover artist, some editions — 21,720 copies, 633 reviews
The Thin Man (1934) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,405 copies, 147 reviews
Red Harvest (1929) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,147 copies, 94 reviews
The Assistant (1957) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,613 copies, 29 reviews
The Case is Closed (1937) — Cover designer, some editions — 474 copies, 14 reviews
A Short History of Chinese Philosophy (1948) — Cover designer, some editions — 414 copies
Operation Pax (1951) — Cover designer, some editions — 232 copies, 7 reviews
Smiler with the Knife (1939) — Cover artist, some editions — 163 copies, 4 reviews
Fatal Venture (1939) — Cover artist, some editions — 74 copies, 1 review
The Portable Romantic Reader (1957) — Cover designer — 56 copies
The Cross in the West (1960) — Illustrator — 55 copies
Congo song (1943) — Cover artist, some editions — 46 copies
Fighting Father Duffy (1956) — Illustrator — 28 copies
The Yellow Violet (Rue Morgue Classic British Mysteries) (1942) — Cover designer, some editions — 25 copies, 1 review
Stop at Nothing (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 15 copies, 1 review
The theatrical public in the time of Garrick (1966) — Cover designer, some editions — 13 copies
Governor Al Smith (1959) — Illustrator — 12 copies
Cancelled in Red (1939) — Cover designer, some editions — 12 copies
I'll Sing at Your Funeral (2016) — Cover designer, some editions — 8 copies
The inconvenient corpse (1943) — Cover artist, some editions — 7 copies
Fog (1946) — Cover artist, some editions — 7 copies
The Naked Villainy (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 6 copies
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (2014) — Cover artist, some editions — 5 copies
A room for love — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy

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Other names
IM-HO
Birthdate
1911-10-23
Date of death
1977-01-20
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Education
Rhode Island School of Design
Relationships
Hoffman, David (son)
Disambiguation notice
Covers executed by IM-HO in the 1940's, especially those for Pocket Books and Popular Library, are attributed to Sol Immerman and H. Lawrence Hoffman or to Immerman and Robert Holly.  Most of the Holly IM-HO covers were executed for Pocket Books during 1941-1942.

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